'The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard' mb-width 6492 his slimmer companion

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Original is oil on panel 41

Various pieces and suits of plate and mail armour

'Dressing for an Oxford Bal Masqué'

Belgian Grand Prix

'The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard' mb-width 6492 his slimmer companionStudies of a quail, probably the King Quail or Button Quail Coturnix chinensis, with a lizard from Surrey, possibly the Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis. Shown in a natural setting, the quail perched standing upon a stone. Plate 247 from chapter 37 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is inscribed: 'A Chinese Quail, and the